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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.2836 OF 2015

SHASHIKALA & ORS.

APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

GANGALAKSHMAMMA & ANR.

RESPONDENT(S)

O R D E R

This appeal is before three-judge Bench because of

difference of opinion between the Hon’ble Judges of this

Court. The difference of opinion was only on the issue

whether the future prospects are to be taken into

consideration for awarding compensation when the deceased

is self-employed person. That difference of opinion has

been resolved by the Constitution Bench’s decision

rendered in the case of National Insurance Co. Ltd vs

Pranay Sethi & Ors. - (2017) 16 SCC 680, and that issue

is, therefore, no longer alive.

As far as the present case is concerned, the

deceased viz., H.S. Ravi was aged 46 years and he was

engaged in transport business. His income as assessed by

the two-Judge Bench of this Court was Rs.2,02,911/-. In

terms of the judgment in Pranay Sethi & Ors. (supra),

Digitally signed by

SANJAY KUMAR

Date: 2019.02.20

16:50:47 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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twenty five per cent of the income has to be added

towards future prospects to the compensation whic